Institute for Applied Life Sciencesᅠ (IALS) was founded
In 2014, the Institute for Applied Life Sciences ᅠ(IALS) was founded at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with…
In 2014, the Institute for Applied Life Sciences ᅠ(IALS) was founded at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with…
In 2014, Siteman Cancer Center performed the world’s first MRI-guided radiation therapy treatment, allowing for visualized and adaptable…
On Oct. 30, 2013, the Karmanos Cancer Institute and McLaren Health Care signed an agreement that created the…
On Sept. 21, 2013, philanthropists Phil and Penny Knight pledged $500 million to kick-start a $1 billion cancer…
On Jul. 12, 2013. the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center (MCC) was joined by national, state and…
On Jun. 7, 2013, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved renaming the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center…
On Sept. 28, 2012, the Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic opened at Yale Cancer Center providing — the first…
On Feb. 27, 2012, the Duke Cancer Institute opened a new 267,000-square-foot, $235 million Cancer Center that included…
On Sept. 2, 2011, the Monroe Cancer Center opened as a joint venture between Karmanos Cancer Institute, Mercy…
On Aug. 9, 2011, the Siteman Cancer Center announced that it had performed its 5,000th bone marrow transplant,…
On Jun. 13, 2011, Accuray announced it had completed its acquisition of TomoTherapy. The combination creates the premier…
On Jun. 6, 2011, University Hospitals (UH) Seidman Cancer Center, Northeast Ohio’s first and only freestanding cancer hospital,…
On Apr. 21, 2011, Jon M. and Karen Huntsman donated $41 million to cancer research at Huntsman Cancer…
On Nov. 30, 2010, Jane and Lee Seidman have donated $42 million to University Hospitals (UH) – the…
On Nov. 18, 2010, AGA Medical was acquired by St. Jude Medical for $1.3 billion in cash. The…
On Jul. 7, 2010 the Radiation Exposure Compensation Amendments of 1999 (P.L. 106-245) was passed by the U.S….
On Oct. 20, 2009, AGA Medical, based in Plymouth, designed and sold small devices that closed defects in…
On Oct. 29, 2008, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that Nike founder Philip H. Knight and…
In 2008, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance introduced the Mammovan, making digital mammography more accessible to women throughout…
on Oct. 15, 2007, the annual report from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) showed that cancer death rates…
On Oct. 9, 2007, the Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance announced that the 2007 E. Donnall Thomas Medal of…
On Oct. 9, 2007, the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT was established with…
On Sept. 23, 2007, the Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI) was awarded “cancer center” designation from the National Cancer…
On Jul. 15, 2007, Dr. Jim Olson and colleagues from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children’s…
On Apr. 18, 2007, a study led by the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center reported that…
On Jan. 23, 2007, results from a large phase III clinical trial show that adult patients with previously…
On Jul. 18, 2006, the Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance announced that the E. Donnall Thomas Medal of Achievement…
On Jun. 27, 2006, the U.S. Surgeon General released a report on the harmful health consequences of involuntary…
In 2006, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) launched the TAILORx trial to determine whether gene expression patterns in…
On Dec. 1, 2005, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute became Michigan’s first and only independent hospital exclusively…